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SCIENCE 



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W. C. Quinby, Harvard Medical School. 

 J. M. Rogoff, Western Reserve Medical School. 

 C. L. Von Hess, University of Chicago. 

 Rosaline Wulzen, University of California. 



The program of scientific papers and demon- 

 strations was as follows: 



IN MEMORIAM 



Isaac Ott, A.M., M.D., by Albert P. Brubaker. 



Joseph Hoeing Kastle, Ph.D., by A. S. Loeven- 

 hart. 



Allen M. Cleghorn, M.D., CM., by Shepherd 

 Ivory Franz. 



Thomas Gregor Brodie, M.D., F.R.S., by A. B. 

 Macallum. 



' ' The Fate of Intravenously Injected Dextrose, ' ' 

 by J. J. R. Macleod. 



"The Diastatic Activity of the Blood in Dia- 

 betics," by V. C. Myers and J. A. Killian (by in- 

 vitation) . 



' ' Observations Concerning Pat Feeding, " by F. 

 M. Allen (by invitation). 



"The Cause of the Increased Heat Production 

 following Pancreatectomy in the Dog," by J. R. 

 Murlin. 



"The Use of Cotton Seed as a Food," by 

 Thomas B. Osborne and Lafayette B. Mendel. 



"Primary Scrotal Syphilis of the Rabbit and its 

 Utilization in Chemotherapeutic Experiments," by 

 W. H. Brown and L. Pearce (with lantern demon- 

 stration). 



' ' The Action of Some Optic Isomers on the 

 Ureter, " by D. I. Macht. 



"The Influence of Certain Conditions on the 

 Rate at which Epinephrin is Liberated from the 

 Adrenals into the Blood," by G. N. Stewart and 

 J. M. Rogoff (by invitation). 



' ' The Blood Lipoids in Nephritis, ' ' by W. R. 

 Bloor. 



' ' Concerning the Lipoids of the Blood in Renal 

 Conditions, with Special Reference to the Choles- 

 terol Content," by Albert A. Epstein and Marcus 

 A. Rothchild (by invitation). 



"Observations of Acid Base Equilibrium in the 

 Blood," by John Howland and W. McKim Mar- 

 riott. 



' ' The Inorganic Composition of Thoracic Duct 

 Lymph," by A. B. Macallum. (Read by title.) 



' ' The Movements of the Artery within the Com- 

 pression Chamber During Indirect Estimations of 

 the Blood Pressure," by Joseph Erlanger. 



' ' The Time Relations of the Fundamental Heart 

 Sounds," by Carl J. Wiggers and A. Dean, Jr. (by 

 invitation) . 



"The Veno-pressor Mechanism," by Yandell 

 Henderson. 



"Further Observations on the Distribution of 

 Blood in Shock," by H. C. Jackson and H. H. 

 Janeway (by invitation). (Read by title.) 



' ' The Effect of Pneumothorax in the Dog and 

 Cat," by H. C. Jackson and C. J. Imperatori (by 

 invitation). 



"A Comparison of the Effects of Food and of 

 Caffeine on Work in the Athlete and an Untrained 

 Subject," by C. B. Root (by invitation) and H. 

 Curl (by invitation). (Read by title.) 



"Effects of Physical Training on Pulse and 

 Blood Pressures During Activity and During 

 Rest," by Percy M. Dawson. 



"Some Electrical Phenomena of Animal Tis- 

 sues, ' ' by Robert A. Gesell. 



' ' Experiments on the Relation of Blood Pres- 

 sure to Urine Formation, " by A. N. Richards and 

 O. H. Plant (by invitation). 



"The Fate of Sulphophenolphthalein when In- 

 jected into the Animal Organism: Factors other 

 than the Kidney Influencing its Retention," by E. 

 C. KendaU (by invitation). 



"Action of the Diuretics on the Denervated 

 Kidney," by Wm. C. Quinby (by invitation). 



' ' On the Movements of the Isolated Ureter of 

 the Dog," by George B. Roth. 



' ' The Stimulating Action of the Bromide Ion on 

 Smooth Muscle," by T. K. Kruse (by invitation). 



"The Physiology of the Chromatophores of 

 Fishes — II. Responses to Alkaline Earths and to 

 Certain Neutral Combinations of Electrolytes, ' ' by 

 R. A. Spaeth. 



' ' The Absorption of Fat in Depancreatized 

 Dogs," by Joseph H. Pratt, C. W. McClure (by 

 invitation) and Beth Vincent (by invitation). 



' ' On the Toxemia of Intestinal Obstruction, ' ' by 

 L. R. Dragstedt (by invitation), W. Burby (by in- 

 vitation) and A. J. Carlson. 



"The Visible Structure of Cell Protoplasm, and 

 Death Changes," by Robert Chambers, Jr. (by in- 

 vitation). 



' ' The Effect of a- Amino Acids, Dipeptids and 

 Peptones on the Growth of Cells in Vitro," by 

 Clarence A. Neyman (by invitation) and Montrose 

 E. Burrows (by invitation). 



"Muscular Irritability," by C. C. Guthrie. 



' ' Studies in Muscular Power and Fatigue, ' ' by 

 A. H. Ryan and J. H. Agnew (by invitation). 



"A Comparison of the Amount of Catalase in 

 the Muscles of Active and Inactive Animals, ' ' by 

 W. E. Burge. (Read by title.) 



"A Study of the Total and Preformed Creatiniu 

 in Various Muscles of the Cat," by Ernest L. 

 Scott and Adelaide Spohn (by invitation). 



"The Cardio-skeletal Quotient," by W. L. Men- 

 denhall. 



' ' Hunger and Appetite iij Fever, " by A. J. 

 Carlson, J. Mayer (by invitation) and J. R. Rupp 

 (by invitation). 



' ' The Influence of Temperature on the Gastric 

 Hunger Contractions of Some of the Lower Ani- 

 mals, " by T. L. Patterson. 



' ' The Mechanism of the Regulation of the Intra- 

 abdominal Pressure," by Helen C. Coombs (by in- 

 vitation) . 



"Preliminary Report of Cardiogram and Blood 

 Pressure Records, showing the Effect of Music," 

 by Ida Henrietta Hyde. (Read by title.) 



"Further Observations on the Existence of a 

 Cerebral Heat Center, ' ' by Ernest Sachs and P. P. 

 Green (by invitation). 



"An Application of Boyle's Law and Avog- 

 adro's Hypothesis to the Oscillations of the Mer- 

 cury Manometer," by Albert M. BleUe (by invi- 

 tation). 



' ' The Action of an Oxidizing Substance on the 

 Catalase Value of the Blood, ' ' by Aaron Arkin. 



"The Hydrolytic Products of Chitin, " by S. 

 Morgulis. (Read by title.) 



